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Beat 43% of Show HN launches that day
#40 of 96 on Nov 8
#1 of 2 Writing & Content launches on Show HN on Nov 8. 6.3% of Writing & Content launches (2 of 32) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Writing & Content →
points · traction gained Nov 12, 10:31 UTC → Nov 13, 10:27 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 15, 21:39 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 8, 21:39 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in WRIT this week
- #10of 26 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #339of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 6.3%2/32 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 1Nov 9, 10:27 UTC
- Last reading
- 2Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 5over 109h
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Top on Nov 8 · 96 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1Ghanaian street games you can play in the browser115 points
- #2MicronOberon with the Power of C66 points
- #3Build a PC in 3D in the Browser55 points
- #4RecalcSpreadsheet where cells can be Claude Code or Codex terminals37 points
- #5MapleSub-2-BPW Moe Pruning to Run Gemma 4 26B at 45 TPS on a 6GB GPU21 points
More in Writing & Content · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- STE80 Humanizerde-AI text by writing 80% of the way to ASD-STE100112 points▲ +1
- JotSelect text anywhere on macOS, tap Shift twice, get Markdown9 points0
- ClingonMarkdown cheatsheets that run in your real shell4 points0
- TrueDateFilter searches to pre-2023 and detect fake article dates4 points0
- UpvotedUp First but with HN stories3 points0
Grades · each graded against other Writing & Content launches from the same source
Momentum
C+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 48% · vs 24 still-tracked Writing & Content · Show HN launches
Velocity
C0.04 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 49% · vs 121 Writing & Content · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
——
Comments per 10 points
Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
——
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs
Launch-day race · #40 of 96 Show HN launches on 2026-11-08
- #38Reges Code2 points
- #39Learn Languages with Dual Subtitles2 points
- #40Fireside Folio2 points
- #41A kernel written in Rust that can boot Ubuntu with Plasma desktop2 points
- #42Bulk-harden all your GitHub repos' settings without an API token2 points
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